Rosie Goldsmith

Rosie Goldsmith is a journalist and presenter. With the BBC for 20 years, today she combines journalism with chairing and curating arts and literary events in the UK and across the world. She is Director of the European Literature Network, Artistic Director of the European Writers’ Festival and presenter of the Slightly Foxed books podcast.
Annie Freud

Annie Freud is a poet, artist, teacher and editor. She has four poetry collections in print with Picador: The Best Man that Ever Was – 2007 The Mirabelles – 2010 (shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize) The Remains – 2015 Hiddensee – 2020. She was included in 2014 Next Generation Poets and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is a 2025 […]
Stephen Duncan

Stephen Duncan is an award winning artist and poet with poetry exploring his German heritage. He is also the editor for his late mother, the poet Beata Duncan, celebrated for her poetry collections on her life in the Weimar period, emigration from Berlin to London and her experience of the London Blitz.
Michael Goldfarb

Michael Goldfarb is an author, journalist, and broadcaster
Lewis Glinert

Dr. Lewis Glinert is Professor of Hebrew Studies and Linguistics at Dartmouth College.
Shirli Gilbert

Shirli Gilbert is professor of modern history and Jewish / Non-Jewish relations at the University of Southampton, UK. She is also the author of Music in the Holocaust.
Jonny Geller

Jonny Geller is joint CEO of Curtis Brown Literary Agency, the oldest agency in the UK.
Jeremy Gavron

Jeremy Gavron is the author of several non-fiction books and novels, including The Book of Israel, winner of the Encore Award, and An Acre of Barren Ground; and A Woman on the Edge of Time, a memoir of his mother.
Mireille Gansel

Mireille Gansel has won major awards for both her translations of German and Vietnamese poets, and for some of her seven books of poetry.
Laura Freeman

Laura Freeman is chief art critic of the Times. Formerly a freelance writer and critic, she has written for amongst other the Spectator, Sunday Times, TLS, Slightly Foxed and Standpoint. She was shortlisted for Features Writer of the Year at the 2014 British Press Awards. Image © Alex Winn
Jonathan Fenby

Jonathan Fenby CBE, has been the editor of the Observer and the South China Morning Post. He is the author of twenty books, nine on China and others on World War II and France.
Jonathan Dean

Jonathan Dean is executive editor for interviews for Culture and Books at the Sunday Times, where he spends a lot of time meeting very famous people.